School governor Steve Narramore said: “The governors are completely against it. We want a children’s centre on our site for hard to reach families in our area. They were originally made to reach hard to reach families to help with parenting classes in the first place.

“That sort of ethos has slowly been eroded because they have starved the childrens’ centres out of cash.

“The whole reason for this is to save money. They are going to staff if with staff from Castle Hill (Chessington Children’s Centre). The staff will be stretched so the quality and the quantity of the service will go down.”

Between March to June this year 107 parents and carers brought along 118 children to various activities at West Chessington Children’s Centre.